Holiday Album

Holiday Album

Hi!

I'm sure your holidays are still

fresh in your mind -  so here is

another album for your best

pictures and memories

Louise Thomson has yet another

idea for hers and she'd sharing it

with us here:

"I fell totally in love with the new 

Graphic 45 papers and was looking

 for a way to show them off - 

ideally, both sides of each one! 

The upcycled holiday album was perfect

 and as we had a rural holiday 

in Shropshire this year, 

the Nature Sketchbook ones were ideal.

I started with a couple of notepad backs

 - these were to form the basis of my book. 

Each one was cut to a rectangle, and then 

scored down one edge to make the spine.

 I marked points on the spine where I

hole punched so that I could thread twine 

through to hold the pages in place.

 Then, with the holes punched, I covered 

the card in some of the G45 papers.

I painted the insides of the covers 

with fresco paint in green apple.

I added a little stamping and some other 

G45 papers to the front cover, along with

 die cuts from paper sprayed in

 Dylusions ink sprays. 

The gold edge is created with alchemy wax.

I stuck the two covers together, 

overlapping the punched holes

then tied some coloured thread through
to hold the pages in place

For the pages I made two wadges of papers. 

Those with the highly patterned designs 

I tried to use for the double spreads 

so that they could be fully seen.

Then the decorating began!

I haven't completed the album yet, 

but here are a few samples of the pages 

that are underway.

I've used lots of different papers from 

the nature sketchbook range to tie the 

look together. 

I made the most of the notebook style 

paper to add my own handwritten notes 

about the holiday. 

I also used stamps from PaperArtsy 

to embellish some pages.

Most of the pages have pockets 

such as the one below, 

or loops of paper to thread things

 through and to tuck in bits and pieces.

The butterfly stamp is from a Bo Bunny set,

 embossed in white to make it stand out 

from the highly patterned paper. 

Thats all for now, although the pages 

will have more added to them in time!"

Materials list;

Graphic 45 papers - Nature Sketchbook

Fresco paint - Apple Green

Bo Bunny stamps - flutter

Woodware stamps

PaperArtsy stamp set - Lin Brown 29

Sizzix die - wildflowers

Dylusions ink sprays

Mini archival inkpads

White embossing powder

Thanks for giving us another way
to make an album Louise.  Look 
forward to seeing more

Have to admit to Graphic 45 being 
my very favourite papers 
- just love that linseed oil aroma
 they give off and their strength

"Till tomorrow

Mickie xx